2012-04-06 48 2
| Fri 6 Apr 2012 in 48,2: 48.8083156, 2.5005609 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In Champigny-sur-Margne, a suburb SW of Paris.
Participants
Plans
Planning to go there by RER some time in the afternoon.
Expedition
Since, after all, Scherzkeks and The_T-Man had come to Paris for vacation, reaching this day's coordinates was not the our main objective. We started the day off with a visit of the Musée du Louvre, where we stayed until about 4 p.m. Next was a visit to the Arc de Triomphe at Champs-Elysées including a quick glance over the city from the top of the arch. Since currently two out of three elevators at the Eiffel Tower are broken down, locations like the Arc de Triomphe or the Tour Montparnasse are best for getting a great view of the city. At Champs-Elysées, we just needed to take the regional train (RER) line A to get into the suburb where the hashpoint was. From there on, it was less than one kilometer to the spot. Not only had my phone no battery left, but my GPS was also at its limit of battery power. As a matter of fact, it even shut down 40 meters before reaching the point. Since I had had a quick look at the location the evening before online, that was not critical because I could identify the spot. On top, my GPS was so merciful as to display in a last effort that the location was correct. The point lay within a very pretty residential area close to the Margne river with lots of typical French detached houses and trees that had started to blossow some days ago.
